Will Spend Millions for Oregon Short Line Improvements
The Oregon Short Line plans extensive upgrades this year totaling 2,500,000 dollars. Improvements include the California extension the Leamington cut off Pocatello shops and Idaho and Montana division work. New rails and rolling stock will boost capacity as the line aims to raise standards and entice more travelers.
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Oregon
California
Leamington
Pocatello
Idaho and
Montana
Rail lines deny bias in coast to east traffic shift
Northwestern and Milwaukee officials deny reports of displacing traffic to the Burlington. The Minneapolis Times notes investigations by coast systems allege discrimination by Northern Pacific and Great Northern to favor the Burlington on both passenger and freight routes eastward.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Minneapolis Times
Eastern Territory
Chicago
Twin Cities
Eastern
Coast Roads
State Railroad Commission
Great Western
Western tourist travel to Yellowstone lines up for record year
General Passenger Agent Charles B Fee of the Northern Pacific says summer travel through St Paul to western points and Yellowstone will exceed any prior year. Eastern agents report heavy travel and strong immigration as homeseekers from many points move toward Minnesota and the West seeking new homes and farms.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Chicago Great Western
Pullman Company
Charles &. Fee
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Pittsburg
Buffalo Territory
Minnesota
Pacific
West
Railroads Unite To Operate Their Own Dining Service
Several western railroads including the Oregon Short Line Oregon Railroad Navigation Union Pacific Northern Pacific and Northwestern announce plans to run their own dining cars and catering services on their routes. The move aims to standardize meals improve service and reduce reliance on third party suppliers as passenger traffic recovers.
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Oregon Short Line
The
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
Dining car service reform underway with Lewis named head
General Superintendent Calvin assigns F. E. Lewis to organize a new commissary department as dining car service moves in house. Short Line now operates seven dining cars and three composite cars with Pullman handling service. Burlington orders 80 locomotives 35 in house and 45 by outside builders, 25 passenger and 50 freight, prairie and Atlantic types with weights 140 and 125 tons respectively.
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Burlington Road
Sol Levy Mourns Death of Mother in San Francisco
Sol Levy the city jailer learned yesterday his mother, Mrs. Levy, died in San Francisco at age 72 or 73. The death, attributed to old age, came as a surprise as no illness was reported. She leaves two sons and two daughters, all married and living in San Francisco. Funeral set for tomorrow. Sol plans to stay behind unable to reach in time.
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Sol Levy
San Francisco
Sol
M. F. Levy
Exodus Literary Society Elects Colored Officers For Season
The Exodus Literary Society elected E. de Brown as president S stretch vice president H B Jacobs secretary Enniss Beil treasurer Ignora Scott journalist Gaius Brown assistant journalist Josephine Jacobs programme chair Mrs Josephine Jacobs and others. Tuesday night features Elder Law progress of the colored race music readings and duets at the church Idaho and Mercury streets Corner.
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The
Exodus Literary Society, Colored
E. de Brown
S. A. Sretch
H. B. Jacobs
Enniss Beil
Ignora Scott
Gaius Brown
Josephine, I. Jacobs
Elder Law
Professor Parsons
Symphony Mandolin Club
Catherine Shickleford
H. C. Parsons
J. J. Pullard
Charles Alexander
R. C. Logan
Mandolin Club
C. P. Smith
8. A. Smith
Mary Davis
J. J. Bullard
Idaho and
Mercury Streets
John G Holland Grocer Ad in Butte Montana
An old newspaper ad lists John G Holland as a grocer at 223 North Main Street in Butte Montana offering staples and fancy groceries from global sources. It advertises teas coffees cocoa canned fruits and vegetables cereals flour and home markets with prices and special items like Port wine and Kirby's Pure Salt Whiskey.
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Port Ane
Kirby
Blizard remanded as state given time to amend habeas return
Judge McClernan remands Benjamin B. Blizard on a habeas corpus writ after a hearing. The county attorney has until Tuesday to amend the return alleging detention on a March 14 police warrant. The case also includes a custody dispute involving 14 year old Margaret Bonney Pearce now in the care of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Charles with a deposition sought from the girl's father in Mexico.
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Blizard
McClernan
Etta Lyles
Margaret Bonney Pearce
John F. Charles
Lyles
Harry Pearce
Charles
Pearce
Mexico
Kirk & Clinton
Mike Donlon
Mining in Montana Chapter Featured in Wonderland 1902
Wonderland 1902 offers a leading chapter on Montana mining history with rare old photographs and purpose‑taken images. Send 6 cents and a mailing address to Charles S. Fee, general passenger agent, St. Paul, Minnesota, to receive copies by mail.
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Northern Pacific
Montana
Charles S. Fee
St. Paul
Minn
MISS BROWN REAPPEARS
Miss Effie Brown a Dewey flat school teacher who vanished caused alarm and inquiries. A friend reports she was ill at a Beaver block residence, then went to a friend’s home and has since recovered and is all right.
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Effie Brown
Dewey Flat
Miss Brown
Standard Office
Fort Benton Notes March ExaminationResults
Fort Benton report says six candidates sat for the recent teachers certificates. only two passed, reflecting a challenging exam. The note is filed as a Special Correspondence item from Foy Benton dated March 18.
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Foy Benton
March exams and cattle talk in the county
The history paper proved difficult for applicants with questions like We must all hang together or hang separately and changes in the Roosevelt cabinet. Stockmen call March remarkable for cattle and weather risks, noting drying water holes and the need for spring snows for grass. Local council met for elections and approved hose purchases while plans for a new brick block progressed.
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Roosevelt
H. F E. Knuth
Reynolds
Sheefried Smith
Benton Sheep Company
Crpe
Carroll
Sedgewick
de Lorimer
Bond Street
Dr. Carroll
Chinook
Great Falls
Lohman
Main Street
Mavor
Public schools closed amid smallpox in Dillon
Dillon Montana reports 19 ill children as smallpox prompts indefinite school closure. Baptist church lecture postponed two weeks. Sheriff Padley seen in the Pg Hole basin for foreclosure sale on the A P Morrow ranch. Odd Fellows plan a Easter Sunday visit to M F church with sermon by Rev Smith. Rev H F Cone to visit Butte for lecture on Paul. Abstracts show final entries and land office activity. Orton Bros. offers pianos and organs at 219 N Main St Butte.
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Helena
Missoula
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Butte News
Mountain
Mar
W. Park
Butte
Mont
St. Patrick’s
W. H. Wix
N. W. Corner Broadway and Main
Butte, Montana
Prospects of Park Travel
City Hall
Exodus Literary Society
New Brussels
Pritchard-Harrison Carpet Company
John G. Holland
Grocer
North Main St
Butte, Mont
B.B. Blizard
Billings Notes
Standard
Billings
Ursuline Order
St. Peter's Catholic School
Carcade
Ellings
Charles Smith
Smallpox Hospital
S. Sherman
West End
Bishop Brewer
St. Luke's Church
A. B. Renwick
Ounter
J. M. Loring
PTR
Moss
Dawson County
Atetriet
Crand
Fort Benton
Kennedy's
Best Saxony Axminsters
Herder
Soc
Kennedy
Kennedy Furniture CO
Smyrna
Heywood
Sulton
Peter M’henry
Broadway
Santos
Best J. & M
BIG Blackfoot Milling Company
Buite Office
Ener Rawsons and Aluminum
Sta
Anacconda
Dillon and
Beaverhead
Orton Bros
N. Main Street
Vitaline
Eagle Pharmacy
Idaho
Washington
F. Buchstein CO
Istave. S
Minneapolis
Pipestone Springs
Wm. E. Casey
Hot Springs, Arkansas
R. Burket
Prop
Pipestone Springs, Mont
Silver Bow Foundry and Machine Company
County Road
South Bute
P. O
Batte, Montem
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